Energy prices soared in 2021. With gas, oil, coal, electricity, and carbon all shooting higher in large part. Owing to a resurgence of geopolitical tensions between producers and consumers.
The United States had spent billions building a flying force in Afghanistan to give Kabul an edge over Islamic insurgents. Bombing raids killed countless Taliban fighters, who had no air power of their own.
Owing to prudent policies of the government, the fiscal deficit has been brought down to 1.1 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the first four months of Fiscal Year 2021-22 against 1.7 percent deficit during the same period last year, official report said.
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Wednesday said that due to the business-friendly policies of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the corporate sector in the PTI government had earned a net profit of Rs 929 billion last year, while in 2018 when the PML-N was in power, they had earned a profit of Rs 587 billion.
Apple said it has placed the plant "on probation" and is working with the supplier to rapidly implement "a comprehensive set of corrective actions".The factory employs some 17,000 people. It makes iPhones for the Indian market and for export, as well as other gadgets.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a rare visit to Israel for talks on economic and security issues with Israel's defense chief, but with few prospects for any resumption of long-stalled peace negotiations.
